Liquid-fuel burner.



T. R. AULSEBROOK. I

LIQUID FUEL BURNER.

APPLICATION FILED 11011.11, 1911.

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THOMAS R. AULSEBROOK, F LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

LIQUID-FUEL BURNER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 17, 1512.

Application filed November 11, 1911. Serial No. 659,795.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, THOMAS R. AULsn- BROOK, a citizenof the UnitedStates, residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State ofKentucky, have invented new and useful Improvements in Liquid-FuelBurners, of which the following is a specification.

The purpose of this invention is the pro-. vision of a means or systemfor utilizing hydro-carbon as fuel, the means embodying a generatorwhich may be readily drained and cleaned of all residue.

The invention contemplates in combination with the generator a coil forsuperheating the gas from the generator, thereby producing a gaseousfuel which will produce the best results either for heating orilluminating or for any purpose in the industrial arts for which gas maybe required for use.

The invention consists of the novel features, details of constructionand combination of parts, which hereinafter will be more particularlyset forth, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out inthe appended claims.

Referring to the drawings, forming a part of the specification, Figure 1is a detail View of a heating stove provided with means embodying theinvention. Fig. 2 is a view of a modified form of the invention adaptedfor general use. Fig. 8 shows a different form of generator andsuperheating coil. Fig. 4 is a further modification of the generator.Fig. 5 is a further modification of the generator. Fig. 6 is still afurther modified form of generator. Fig. 7 is a detail view, showing theinvention adapted for generating gas which is stored for future use.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription, and indicated in all the views of the drawings, by the samereference characters.

As indicated in Fig. 1 the body of the stove or heater 1 may be of anyconstruction and is provided in its upper portion with an air chamber 2with which passages 3 communicate, the latter extending out; wardly fromthe lower end of the chamber through the walls of the stove. The burneris located in the combustion chamber and comprises a generator 4 a coil5 and a pan 6, the latter being arranged below the genorator 4: and thecoil 5 directly above the generator and within the Zone of the heatderived from the burning of the oil in the pan 6. The oil supplied fromany source, as a tank 7 is fed to the generator by means of a pipe 8, avalve 9 being located in the length of the pipe 8 to regulate the amountof oil passing through the pipe in a 7 given time. A small pipe 10 isconnected with the pipe 8 and is arranged to dis; charge into the pan 6,said small pipe hav-.

ing a valve 11. A drain pipe 12 connects with the lower portion of thegenerator; and is arranged to discharge into the pan 6,

said drain pipe being in the form of a loop and projecting beyond theside of the heater and having the projecting portion provided with avalve 13. of any type consisting of a hollow body having a plurality ofsmall outlets is located below the fire pot of the heater and isconnected by means of a pipe 15 with the upper portion of the coil 5, apipe 16 connecting the lower portion of the coil 5 with. the generator.It is proposed to fill the fire pot of the stove with broken material,such as brick, stones or the like, the flame passing upwardly throughthe spaces of the loose material when the burner lt is in operation. Thefumes are carried off by means of a smoke pipe in the usual. manner. Adoor 17 is provided in a side of'the chamber 4 and provides convenientmeans for removing residue or other accumulations.

In the modification shown in Fig. 2 the burner 14: is locatedimmediately below the pan 6 and in close proximity to the chamber P- sothat the heat from the burner will convert the hydrocarbon or oil in thechamber 4 into a gaseous fluid, which is led to the coil 5 andfromthence to the burner 14- or to the other place of use.

In Fig. 3 the generator 49 is shown as of circular form and the coil 5as angular, the same being made up of elbows and a number of shortlengths of pipe.

In Fig. 4: the generator 4 is shown as of cylindrical form and the headsare of semispherical shape and the pipe 15 leading from the generator tothe burner proper has an upwardly curved portion to prevent anyunconverted hydrocarbon passing from the generator to the burner.

In Fig. 5 the generator 45 is illustrated as being composed of upper andlower halves or sections which are flanged, the flanges A burner 14having apertures through which bolts or I fastenings pass for securingthe sections

